Chains join tweet/text crowd, chirp about social-media success
Chains join tweet/text crowd, chirp about social-media success
Jul 20, 2009
ATLANTA —While many operators still don’t know the difference between Facebook and MySpace or tweets and texts, more restaurants are using social networks to communicate with their guests, according to the latest social-media index...
Subway franchisee scores a hit with green store design
Subway franchisee scores a hit with green store design
Jul 20, 2009
Subway franchisee Ahmad “Mike” Abdallat recently opened his first green restaurant with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification, and he says he couldn’t be happier. The two-unit franchisee worked with Green Tech...
Smashburger signs Dallas Cowboy lineman as franchisee
Jul 15, 2009
DALLAS Dallas Cowboy lineman Leonard Davis is tackling a new business venture as a franchisee for Smashburger, a Denver-based fast-casual gourmet burger chain. Davis, a right guard who joined the Cowboys two years ago, has signed on with BIGG...
McD jumps into national burger battle with Angus Third Pounder
McD jumps into national burger battle with Angus Third Pounder
Jul 13, 2009
OAK BROOK Ill McDonald’s long-awaited rollout of the Angus Third Pounder places the quick-service giant squarely on the front line of what is rapidly heating up into a premium burger war. — ...
Darden to open 10th Seasons 52
Jul 13, 2009
ORLANDO Fla. Darden Restaurants Inc. said last week it would open its 10th Seasons 52 restaurant in the King of Prussia Mall in King of Prussia, Pa., and focus the chain’s growth within premium real estate sites. The opening is expected in the...
Steak n Shake comps, stock surge
Jul 08, 2009
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Social media's top restaurant players
Social media's top restaurant players
Jul 08, 2009
ATLANTA Whether they know the difference between Facebook and MySpace or tweets and texts, restaurants large and small are getting more involved with their guests on social networks, according to marketing firm Vitrue and its latest social-media...
Burger King tests new customizable website
Jul 03, 2009
MIAMI Burger King is testing a new website that lets Internet users have it their way by allowing them to tone down the king and enhance the food. Slider controls at the top of the web page, which is in beta test by the company’s advertising...
Jamba sells 9 stores to Oregon franchisee
Jul 02, 2009
EMERYVILLE Calif. Jamba Inc. said it is selling nine corporate Jamba Juice units to a franchisee in Oregon as part of a refranchising initiative it announced earlier this year. Jamba said late Wednesday that The Cinnamon Bums Inc., operator of...
Red Robin comes back to national TV with Steak Slider spots
Red Robin comes back to national TV with Steak Slider spots
Jun 29, 2009
GREENWOOD VILLAGE Colo. —Red Robin Gourmet Burgers returned to national television advertising this month after an eight-month hiatus, hoping to flip the script on several quarters of negative same...
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